Door and drawer assembly for cooking ranges



April 7, 1953 K. s. JENSON ET AL DOOR AND DRAWER ASSEMBLY FOR COOKING RANGES Filed May 13, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 IN V EN TORS.

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DOOR AND DRAWER ASSEMBLY FOR cooxmc; RANGES Filed May 13, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 INVENTORS. fie/2224 112 ,5. (76/2601? y fiafiofz Patented Apr. 7, 1953 DOOR AND DRAWER ASSEMBLY FOR COOKING RANGESv Kenneth S. J enson and Willis N. Nelson, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., assignors to Prentiss Wabers Products Company, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application May 13, 1950, Serial No. 161,822 r This invention relates to a cooking range and particularly to a door and drawer assembly therefor wherein the drawer mounts a food cooking unit generally designated as a broiler.

In kitchen ranges, especially for us in the home, one of the very desirable features is a broiler. Generally the broiler is located below the baking oven so as to utilize the same heating element for cooking in both compartments. The broiling compartment is equipped with its own door which is normally closed during the cooking operation. It is desirable that the support for food to be broiled in the broiler compartment be shiftable into and out of the compartment to facilitate the placement or removal of food, and to permit inspection thereof during the broiling operation.

The main objects of this invention, therefore, are to provide an improved mounting of a broiler drawer for straight-line sliding movement; to provide an improved connection between the door and the drawer for producing opposite shifting movements of the drawer with opening and closing of the door; to provide improved means for cushioning the drawer at the conclusion of its closing movement, such means also serving to bias opening movements of the door and drawer; to provide an improved door and.

drawer connection which, in coaction with the cushioning means serves as a toggle to insure holding of the drawer in closed position; and to provide an improved door and drawer assembly in which the connection therebetween is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and especially suited for use as a broiler unit in a kitchen range.

In the embodiment of our invention shown in the accompanying drawings:

' Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a range whose door and broiler drawer are shown in their open and extended positions, the door and drawer embodying the features of this invention by which swinging of the door produces a concurrent shifting movement of the broiler drawer;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, taken on line 2--2 'F :3;"

Fig. 3 is a vertical section, taken on line 33 of Fig. 2;

. Fig. 4 is a similar view in which the door is fully opened and the broilerdrawer is shifted outwardly to its extreme forward position; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail in section, taken on line 55 of Fig. 4.

The particular range door and broiler drawer 7. Claims. (01. 126340) drawer9 and across the-back thereof.

assembly herein shown comprises a frame 6 defining inter alia a compartment 1 which is equipped with a door 8. A broiler drawer 9 is slidably supported in the compartment, and shifting of this drawer is responsive to swinging movements of the door 8 by the special motiontransmitting means shortly to be described.

The range frame 6 which may be of conventional construction is mounted on a base ll. Other compartments defined by the frame may be used for cooking and/or storage, and each is equipped with its own door l2. Within the frame 6 and further defining the broiler compartment 1 are arranged a bottom lining I3, side linings l4, and a back lining [5. Rails [6 secured to the bottom lining I3 slidably support the broiler drawer 9, as will more fully be pointed out presently. Plates I1 secured to the sides of the rails I6 intermediate their ends serve as stops to limit outward movement of the drawer 9 and to support the door 8 horizontally in its open position. The door 8 which is of usual construction is hinged at l8. at its bottom to the frame 6 at its front, at a point that is slightly below the plane of the bottom lining l3 for the compartment 1. The door is provided with the usual handle l9.

The broiler drawer 9 may be of any suitable construction. As herein shown, it comprises a pair of plates 20 corrugated to provide a plurality of flat ledges 2 I, the corrugated plates being secured at their front ends to an intercon-' necting U-strap 22 and at their rear ends to a back wall 23. Flanges 24 (see Fig.5) formed along the upper edges of the rails 16 extend inwardly to engage the under side of one of the ledges 2| on each corrugated plate 20 thereby to support the drawer 9 for its sliding movements in the compartment 1.

The motion-transmitting connection between the door 8 and the broiler drawer 9 comprises a pair of spaced brackets 25 affixed to the door, and pivoted thereto at 26 a wire bail 21 having its cross piece hinged to clips 28 at the back of the drawer 9. The brackets 25, as herein shown, are each in the form of a right angle triangle with a base flange 29 thereon bonded to the inner face of the door adjacent one of its sides with one of the longer sides of the bracket normal to the face of the door. In the closed position of the door (see Fig. 3), these brackets are disposed above its hinge l8 and also above the compartment bottom lining I3 by a slight distance.

The bail 21 is produced from spring wire which is formed to extend along the sides of the The forward ends of the bail are laterally bent to extend through apertures near the free corners of the two brackets 25 to form pivotal connections therewith at 26. The cross piece of the bail is formed with an angularly disposed V- bend 30 (see Fig. '5) which isarranged to engage the back lining of the compartment as the drawer approaches its fully closed position to cushion its stop at that point. The length of this V-bend 30 is such that itsv point of contact 3| with the back lining i5 is considerably above the hinge clips 28, and the length of the brackets as well as their disposition on the door 8 is :such that, with the door in its closed position, the pivot points 26 are below a line I extending from the door hinge I8 to the point of contact 3| between the V- bend 3D and the back lining 15. In effect, the bail is a dual link between the door and drawer, acting to transmit a two-way motion therebetween.

The bail 2'! and the brackets 25 :provide :a toggle whose resilient V -bend 30, when engaging the back lining [5, tends to press the pivot points 26 downwardly and maintain the door 8 in its fully closed position. Moreover, by reason of the resiliency of the bail 21, the V-bend tends to urge the door '8 openly :and the drawer 9 outwardly when the door is swung outwardly a distance sufficient to raise thepivot points 26 above the line Z.

The bail 21 encloses the stop ,plates H which are engageable thereby to ,limit the forward movement of the drawer 9, and in so doing it supports the door 8 firmly in its fully open horizontal position (see Fig. 4). the door 8 on its hinge l8 transmits motion to the drawer 9 which is thereupon shifted in a straight line that is horizontal and parallel to the bottom lining 13. When the door is open the drawer is readily accessible for the placing, removal, or'adjustment of pans or trays'32 (see Fig. l) on various of the ledges 2| within :the broiler compartment 1, as circumstances .may require.

We claim:

'1. For a cooking range, 'a door and drawer assembly comprising .a frame defining a zoompartment with an opening,:a door hinged tat/its bottom on the frame to swing about a horizontal axis between-a vertical position .to close said opening and a horizontal open position, a drawer supported for movement in the compartment in a straight :line "only, a motion-transmitting connection hinged to the door'and to the drawer whereby swinging of :the ;.door .will produce asliding'movement of the drawer, said motion-transmitting connection comprising resil' ient means interposed between :the back;of the drawer and the proximate wall of the compartment to cushion the drawer at the :conclusion of its closing movement :and bias :its opening movement following initial opening of :the door, said resilient means and .thehingeaxis of ;the motion-transmitting connection with the :door being so related that when the door .and drawer are intheir fully closed positions the hingeaxis betweenthe motion-transmitting: connection .and thedoor-is below a line extending between the hinge axis at the door bottom .and ithe contact point of the resilient'means withthe-compartment wall.

2. For a cookingrange, a door and'drawer assembly comprising ,a frame .defining a ..compartment with an opening, a .door rhinged at Swinging iof its bottom on the frame to swing between a vertical position to close said opening and a horizontal open position, a drawer supported for movement in the compartment in a straight line only, a bail embracing the sides and back of the drawer andhaving its-ends hinged to the door eccentrically of its hinge axis and its cross piece hinged to the drawer whereby motion is transmitted to the drawer in response to swinging movements of the door, and an angular bend in the cross piece of the bail disposed to contact the proximate compartment wall to cushion the drawer at the conclusion of its closing movement and bias its opening movement following initial opening of the door.

'3. For a cooking range, a door and drawer assembly comprising a frame defining a compartment with an opening,.a door hinged at its bottom to the frame to swing between a vertical position to close said opening and a horizontal open .position, a drawer supported for movement in a straight line only within the compartment, brackets affixed to the door and extending .inwardly therefrom along the sides of the drawer, a bail embracing the sides and back of the drawer and having its ends hinged to the inner ends of the brackets and the cross piece of the bail hinged to the back of the drawer adjacent the bottom thereof, the bail cross piece having an angular bend arranged to contact the proximate wall of the compartment and cushion the drawer at the conclusion of its closing movement and bias its opening movement following initial opening of the door.

4. For a cooking range, a door and drawer assembly comprising a frame defining a compartment with an opening, a door hinged at its bottom on the frame to swing between a vertical position to close-said opening and a horizontal open position, a drawer supported for sliding movement in the compartment in a straight line only, brackets aifixed to the door and extending inwardly therefrom along the sides of the drawer, abail. embracing the sides and back of the drawerand'having its ends hinged to the inner ends of thesaid brackets and the cross piece of the bail hinged to the backof the drawer adjacent the bottom thereof, the cross piece of thebail having an angular bend arrangedito contact the proximatecompartment wall and cushion the drawer at theconclusion of its closing movement and bias its openingmovement following initial opening of the door, the point of contactof' the bail bend and compartment wall being suchthat when the door and drawer are intheir fully closed positions the hinge connection of the brackets .and bail is below a line extending between the hinge axis ofthe door and the contact point of :the bail bend with the compartment wall.

5. For a cooking'range, a door and-drawer as sembly comprisinga frame defining a compartment with-an opening, a door hinged at its bottom'totheframe :tocswing between a vertical position to close the opening and a horizontal openposition, a drawer having its opposite sides formed with ledges extending longitudinally there'of,rrails secured to .the'frame at the sides of the drawer and flanged along their upper edges ,to engage the ledges of opposite sides of the apiecemf; the bail hinged'to the sdraweri for pivotal movement about a fixed axis relative thereto whereby to transmit a two-way motion between the drawer and door, and a stop on one of the rails located inwardly of the bail to engage its cross piece for limiting the outward sliding movement of the drawer and supporting the door in a horizontal position, the stop being ineffective for either purpose when the bail is removed from the door and drawer.

6. In a cooking range having a compartment open at the front and closed at the back, a hinged door at the front of the compartment to provide a closure therefor, a drawer within the compartment, means supporting the drawer within the compartment for straight-line movement therewithin, a two-way motion-transmitting connection between the door and drawer comprising a link pivotally connected to the door eccentrically of its hinged axis and pivotally connected to the drawer to move therewith about a fixed axis relative thereto, and means extended rearwardly and upwardly from the link in engagement with the proximate wall at the back of the compartment at a point above the axis of the link connection with the drawer, the link connection with the door being so located as to swing past a straight line extending between the hinge axis of the door and the point of engagement between the means extended from the link and the compartment back wall, shortly before completion of swinging movement of the door to its closed position, and a stop fixedly supported within the compartment and engageable with the link at the conclusion of swinging movement of the door through approximately 90 to a horizontal position to sustain the door at that point.

7. For a cooking range, a door and drawer assembly comprising a frame defining a compartment with an opening, a door hinged on the frame to swing between a vertical position to close said opening and a horizontal open position, a drawer supported for movement in the compartment in a straight line only, a member extending along at least one side of the drawer and having a portion thereof extending along the back of the drawer, said member having its end hinged to the door eccentrically of its hinge axis and said portion of the member being hinged to the drawer whereby motion is transmitted to the drawer in response to swinging movements of the door, and an angular bend in said portion of the member disposed to contact the proximate compartment wall to cushion the drawer at the conclusion of its closing movement and bias its opening movement following initial opening of the door.

KENNETH S. JENSON. WILLIS N. NELSON.

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